Automatic brake for the main shaft of a typographical machine



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NVENTOR @f4/ym By f ,L i @0M/@M71 ZA TTORNEYJ Patented Sept. 17, 1.940

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AUTOMATIC* BRAKE FOR THE MAIN SHAFT 0F A T'YIOGRAPHICAL` MACHINE n Application August 19, 1938, Serial No. 225,706

9 Claims.

This invention relates to typographical machines of the general organization represented in United States Letters'Patent to O. Mergenthaler No. 436,532, wherein circulating matrices are released from a storage magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and then assembled in line, the composed line transferred to the tace of a slotted mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or type bar against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started.

In such machines, the: various operations which take place during a cycle of operation are controlled in proper sequence-by a plurality of cams fast to a shaft which is driven by a drive shaft through a clutch normallyvmaintained operative by a spring but adapted to be rendered inoperative in response to the rocking off a bell crank lever pivoted to the main frame of the machine. In the normal operation of the machine, the rocking of the bell crank lever to render the clutch inoperative is effected automatically at the end of a cycle of operation bythe engagement of a trip dog carried by one of the cams with an interposed stop lever, but in the event it is desired to stop the machine during a cycle of ope-ration, as for example to prevent damage in case of trouble, the rocking of the lever may be effected by the movement of a fore-and-aft lever pro-vided for the purpose.

While in gene-ral the above described arrangement for stopping the machine is satisfactory, it is open to the objection that the drive shaft, due to momentum, tends to continue its rotation for a short interval after the clutch is disengaged. When the clutch is disengaged automatically at the end of a cycle of operation, this tendency of the shaft to continue its rotation is objectionable in that it creates a chattering action between the trip dog and the stop lever and so subjects these parts to undue wear. When the clutch is .disch-- gaged during a cycle of operation, this tendency of the shaft to continue its rotation is more obiectionable, particularly when the clutch is disengaged to prevent damage to the parts in case of trouble, since in such cases the damage is apt to occur between the time the clutch is disengaged and the time the shaft and the'parts driven thereby nally come to rest.

The present invention is intended to overcome the above and other objections and contemplates means for arresting the rotation of thedrive shaft of the machine in a nal desired position when the clutch is disengaged. To this end, the machine is provided with a brake which is carried into and out of frictional engagement with they drive shaft as the vbell crank lever is. rocked to disengage the clutch and thereafter returned to its normal position.

For a clear understanding of the invention, reference may be made to the accompanying drawings wherein it is shown in preferred form and by way of example. It will be obvious, however, that many changes and alterations may be made therein and in its mode of adaptation without departing yfrom its spirit, and it is to be 11nderstood that the invention is not limited to any specific form lor embodiment except insofar as such limitations are specified in the appended claims. f

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a side elevation, partly in section, of the clutch actuating mechanism constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 21s a side elevation, partly in section, vof the brake mechanism employed for stopping the rotation of the drive shaft when the clutch is disengaged; and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the main drive shaft, the clutch for driving the shaft, the mechanism employedy for rendering the clutch operative and inoperative, the brake for arresting theA rotation of the shaft when the clutch is disengaged, and the mechanism employed in rendering the brake operative.

In the drawings, It represents the main cam shaft of the machine which, as usual, is provided with a large gear wheel Il meshing with a small pinion I2 on a drive shaft I3. The latter shaft f is equipped with the customary clutch I4 (see Rogers Patent No. 661,386) which is engaged by a spring I5 and disengaged by a bell crank lever I 6 pivoted in the main frame of the machine. In the normal operation of the machine, the rocking o-f the lever I6 to disengage the clutch I4 is effected automatically at the end of a cycle of operation in a well-known manner by the engagement of a laterally movable spring-pressed trip dog I1, carried by a double-rim face-cam wheel I8 (whose cam surfaces-are formed on the side opposite that shown in the drawing), fast .to the main shaft I0, with a shoulder I9 formed on the upper. end of a stoplever 20 pivotally mounted at 20a in aslot cut in a vertically disposed, iixed, rod 2| supported in the main frame of themachine. The trip dog I1 is pivoted to the cam wheel I8 at IIa and'is normally held in the 'path of the stoplever 20 Aby'a compression spring l'lb interposed between the trip dog and a bracket I'Ic carried by the cam wheel. The lower end of the stop lever 20 is provided with an adjusting screw 2| which engages the upper end of a coacting stop lever 22 which is also pivotally mounted at 22a in a slot cut in the fixed rod 2 I, and the lower end of the co-acting lever 22 projects downwardly in front of the outer end of the lateral Iarm 23 of the bell crank lever I6. By this arrangement, when the trip dog I'I engages the v shoulder I3, the stop levers 20 and 22 are rocked about their respective pivots and in turn rock the bell crank lever 6 in the proper direction to disengage the clutch I4, all as Well understood iny the art.

When the machine is started automatically at the beginning .of a cycle of operation, the trip dog I1 is swung laterally from above the shoulder I3 on the stop lever 20 in response to the release of the line delivery carriage (not shown), but since this has no bearing on the present invention, a description of the operating connecttions is not deemed necessary (but see, if desired, the Converse Patent No. 1,129,851, dated March 2, 1915), although it may be stated that when the trip dog I'I is thus moved laterally the spring Iv acts to engage the clutch I4 and restore the bell crank lever I6 to its normal atrest position. It may also benoted and as fully explained in the Converse p-atent) after the operation of the machine has thus been inaugurated, the trip dog |I is instantly restored by its spring into the path of the stop lever 20 so that when the cam shaft I6 makes one complete rotation, the trip dog will, as above stated, reengage the stop lever 2u and disengage the clutch to bring the cam shaft to rest.

When the machine is started manually, there is employed 'for the purpose a fore-and-aft rod 24, whose forward end is connected to a hand lever 25 at the front of the machine by a toggle joint consisting of a rearwardly extending arm 26 anda link 21, and whose rear end is provided with an .open ended slot 28 through which projects a stud 29 rising from the outer end of the lateral arm 23 of the bell crank lever I6. A vertical sleeve 36, mounted to turn upon the vertical fixed rod 2|, is provided near its upper end with a radially extending arm 3| arranged in position to engage the trip dog I'I, and -at its lower end with an arm 32 which extends into the path of a pin 33"l.ocated on the fore-and-aft rod 24. When the control handle 25 is moved forwardly (as in Fig. 3), the pin 33 engages the arm 32 and so rotates the sleeve 30 about the rlXed rod 2|. As the sleeve 30 rotates, it carries the arm 3| against the trip dog I1 and moves it laterally from above the shoulder |9thus permitting the spring I5 to engage the clutch I4 and restore the bell crank lever I6 to its normal position.

As is well known, the fore-and-aft rod 24 may also be operated to stop the machine during a cycle of operation and thereafter to restart it to complete the cycle. Thus, when the rod is moved backwardly or to the left irr Figs. 1 and 3 by the hand lever 25, the pin 29 carried by the lateral arm 23 of the bell crank lever I6 is engaged by the closed end of the slot 28 and the lever rocked in the proper direction to force the clutch open against the action of the spring I 5. Then when the fore-and-aft rod l24 is thereafter moved forwardly by the hand lever 25, the spring I5 acts to re-close'the clutch.

Coming now to the present invention, means are provided for arresting the rotation of the drive shaft I3 in a nal desired position whenever the clutch I4 is disengaged either during or at the end of a cycle of operation. To this end, the bell crank lever I6, on its lower side and at the outer end of its lateral arm 23, is provided w'lth Aa shoe 35 having a beveled rear face 36. A bracket 31, secured to the main frame of the machine, is provided at its upper end with a pair of spaced lugs 38 and 35 inwhich the opposite ends of a short rod 40 are supported. A rocker arm 4I is intermediately pivoted to the rod 40 by means of a pair of hub portions 42 and 43. The' rear end of a coi-acting lever 44 is also pivotally mounted on the rod 46 between the hub portions 42 and 43, and the forward end .of said lever is recessed to provide a seat for a shoe 45 having a beveled front face 46. Between its ends, the co-acting lever 44 is yieldingly connected to the front end of the rocker arm 4I by means of a bolt 4l which passes through alined apertures of the two and a spring 48 which is positioned about the bolt 4l with its ends seated in suitable recesses formed lign-the opposed faces'of the lever and the rocker arm. The rear end of the rocker arm carries alsemi-.circular cradle 49 which is provided with a brake lining 5 adapted to frictionally engage the underside of the drive shaft i3 when pressed upwardly thereagainst. mally, the brake lining 50 is held out of engagement with the shaft I3 by means of a spring 5I, one end of whichv is secured to the rocker'arm 4I and the other end of which is secured to the bracket 3l.

By the foregoing arrangement, when the clutch I4 is engaged and the machine is in operation, with the bell crank lever I6 inits normal position, the beveled face 36 of the shoe 35 is positioned immediately in fro-nt of the beveled face 46 of the shoe 45 on the co-acting lever 44 (see Fig. 2). When, however, the fore-and-aft rod 24 is moved backwandly either during o-r at the end of a cycle of operation in the manner before described, the shoe 35 moves over the shoe 45 and so depresses the front end of the co-acting lever 44 (see Fig. l). vAs the front end of the co-acting lever 44 is thus depressed, the rear end of the rocker arm 4| is raised Iagainst the action of the spring 5| and the brake lining 5|) is carried into frictional engagement with the drive shaft I3, bringing itto rest in afinal desired position simultaneously with the disengagement of the clutch I4. When later the fore-and-aft rod 24 is moved forwardly, either at the beginning or during a cycle of operation and the bell crank lever I6 restored to its normal position by the engagement of the clutch I4 under the influence of the spring I5, the shoe 35 is moved clear of the shoe 45 and the spring 5I acts instantly to carry the brake lining 55 out of engagement with the drive shaft I3.

If the arrangement of parts be such that a slightrearward movement of the beveledvface 36 of the shoe 35 over the beveled f-ace 46 of the shoe 45 carries the brake lining 50 into engagement with the shaft I3, the spring 43 will yield and allow the full travel of the shoe 35 above the shoe 45 without causing damage tothe parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In or for a typographical machine, the combin-ation of a main shaft, a clutch for driving said shaft, a rotary element fast to said shaft, a trip dog carried by said cam, a stop lever, a brake for arresting thero'tatio-n ofsaidA shaft,. a bell Norcrank lever actuated by the engagement of said trip dog with said stop lever at the end of a cycle of operation, and means responsive to the actuation of said lever for simultaneously disengaging said clutch and applying said brake.

2. In or for a typographical machine, the combination of a main shaft, a clutch for driving said shaft, a rotary element fast to said shaft, a trip dog carried` by said rotary element, a stop lever, a brake for arresting the rotation of said shaft, a bell crank lever actuated by the engagement of said trip dog with said stop lever at the end of a cycle of operation, manual devices for actuating said bell crank lever independently of said trip dog during a cycle of operation, and means responsive to the actuation of said lever for simultaneously disengaging said clutch and applying said brake.

3. In or for a typographical machine, the combination of a main shaft, a -drive shaft geared thereto, a clutch for said drive shaft, a brake for arresting the rotation of said drive shaft, a bell crank lever operable to disengage the clutch and. simultaneously apply the brake, a rotary element fast to the main shaft and equipped with a trip dog, a stop lever arranged to be engaged and actuated by said trip dog at the end of a cycle of operation of the main shaft, and operative connections whereby the actuation of said stop lever will effect the clutch disengaging and brake applying operations of the bell crank lever.

4. In or for a typographical machine, the combination of a main shaft, a Adrive shaft gearedv thereto, a clutch for said drive shaft, a brake for arresting the rotation of said drive shaft, a bell crank lever operable to disengage the clutch and simultaneously apply the brake, a rotary element fast to the main shaft and equipped with a trip dog, a stop lever arranged to be engaged and actuated by said trip dog at the end of a cycle of operation of the main shaft, operative connections whereby the actuation of said stop lever Will effect the clutch disengaging and brake applying operations of the bell crank lever, and a fore-and-aft rod operable manually during a cycle of operation of the main shaft for effecting the clutch disengaging and brake applying operationsy of the bell crank lever independently of the trip dog.

5. In or for a typographical machine, the combination of a main shaft, a drive shaft geared thereto, a clutch for said drive shaft, a brake for arresting the rotation of the main shaft, and automatic means operable from the main shaft at the end o-f a cycle of operation thereof for disengaging said clutch and simultaneously applying said brake. l

6. In or for a typographical machine, the combination of a main shaft, a drive shaft geared thereto, a clutch for said drive shaft, a brake for arresting the rotation of the main shaft, automatic means operable from the main shaft at the end of a cycle of operation thereof for disengaging said clutch and simultaneously applying said brake, and means operable manually independently of the main shaft and during a cycle of operation thereof for also disengaging said clutch and simultaneously applying said brake.

'7. In or for a typographical machine, the cornbinatio-n of a main shaft, -a drive shaft geared thereto, a clutch for said drive shaft, a brake for arresting the rotation of the main shaft, and a bell crank lever, operable automatically from the main shaft at the end of a cycle of operation thereof as Well as manually independently of the main shaft during a cycle of .operation thereof, for disengaging said clutch and simultaneously applying said brake.

8. A combination according to claim 7, Wherein the brake is disposed in juxtaposition to the bell crank lever, with an actuating arm arranged to be engaged directly by one arm of said bell crank lever.

9. A combination according to claim '7, Wherein an actuating arm for the brake and one arm of the bell crank lever are provided with cooperating beveled shoes.

CRAVEN A. BAUMGARDNER. 

